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Some interesting background history on the hamster.

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The Mother of All Hamsters

The Mother of All Hamsters

 

The mother of all hamsters

It was established that all pet hamsters in the world are descended from a single female wild golden hamster found with a litter of 12 young babies in Syria in 1930.

The hamster species had been named way back in 1839 when also a single hamster was found in Syria near the city of Aleppo. Apparently hamsters have since then not been seen by scientist for nearly a century.

Fortunately selective breeding has up to now produced several colour varieties.

 

 


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